March 12, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.3% Thursday morning, though off earlier lows, after a choppy and mostly weaker session Wednesday where gains in mega-cap tech helped cushion broader declines. Global markets are softer. Asian equities fell overnight, and European markets are broadly lower. In rates, Treasuries are mixed with long-end yields up ~1 […]
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February 2, 2026 U.S. equity futures are lower to start the week, with S&P 500 futures down 0.6% and Nasdaq futures down 0.9%, following Friday’s selloff and a mostly negative week for equities. Risk aversion carried through Asia, where South Korea fell more than 5%, while Hong Kong and China dropped over 2%. European markets
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January 30, 2026 S&P futures −0.8% after U.S. equities finished mixed Thursday, ending off worst levels. The software selloff following earnings from MSFT, NOW, and SAP remained the dominant theme, while META stood out positively in big tech. Outside tech, energy, banks, airlines, cruise lines, diversified industrials, and HPCs outperformed. Asia was weaker overnight (pressure
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October 31, 2025 S&P futures up 0.7% in Friday morning trading after U.S. equities finished near session lows Thursday, weighed by META and weakness across QSRs, managed care, airlines, and ag chemicals. Retail favorites and most-shorted names also underperformed. Despite narrow breadth, stocks remain on track for a third straight weekly gain and a sixth
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August 4, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.7% in early trading, rebounding from Friday’s selloff that left all major indexes down over 2% for the week (Russell 2000 -4%). Overnight, Asian markets were mixed (Japan down, Hong Kong and Korea up ~1%), while Europe is up over 1%. Treasuries are weaker, with yields up ~3
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August 1, 2025 S&P futures down 1% in early Friday trading, following broad weakness in Thursday’s session. Initial gains from upbeat MSFT and META earnings faded as pressure resumed in pharma, med-tech, biotech, banks, asset managers, and energy. Asian markets declined sharply overnight, led by South Korea (-4%) and Hong Kong (-1%). Europe also down
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May 2, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% after the index posted an eighth straight gain on Thursday, now up over 8.5% since early April and just 1% below pre-tariff announcement levels. Stocks are tracking for a second straight weekly gain, the first since January. Overnight, Asia traded mostly higher (led by Hong Kong and
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S&P Futures Up 0.1% in Wednesday Morning Trading. US equities finished higher Tuesday, led by tech, though breadth remained negative as equal-weight S&P trailed by ~140 bp. Asian markets were mostly higher, with Japan up over 1%, while several markets, including China, were closed for the holiday. European markets gained ~0.7%. Treasuries were steady to
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S&P futures are down 0.1% Wednesday morning, near session lows, following Tuesday’s decline where the S&P and Nasdaq both fell over 1% in their worst session since December 18. Asian markets were mostly weaker overnight, with Hong Kong lagging, while Australia and South Korea posted gains. European markets are up ~0.2%. Treasuries are weaker with
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S&P futures up 0.1% Tuesday morning, following a mixed start to the week where big tech and semis rallied but defensives and rate-sensitive sectors faced pressure. Treasuries slightly weaker, continuing Monday’s bear steepening. Dollar index down 0.2%, gold up 0.3%, Bitcoin futures off 1%, and WTI crude up 0.7%. Markets remain focused on NVDA’s CES
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